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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

that an Industrious uan Can wor&
twelve months in the ye2r, a"d If he
40 desires and will utilize the Light
# Venus aided By tie MOON he can
make fifteen mCntls in the year.
We can Le4t the world for Ea.lng
lime in this State sid don't fO-get II.
Water transportation railroad
tran poitat."n are al our DO. rs, i
h interstate CONNIE ce commission
h4s suspended the l.w- Of Congress
r = lifting comnerce bvt~een the
>t1'es. so YOU can come from The
fur corner. Of the Earth Without re
cd to tie ltn5 or short haul AMI
land in Scotia "a Neck. Ani w.
frel cerla u there is not a railroad II,
the Uulted STAGES that does not Cou.e
la competition with some water way
and transpoltatiO must be cheap to
his point always. No f,ars about
not COMMUNICATING with all the
worli from this roiut. 1t took Con
gte,s twelve years to formulate and
pass a law to regulate commerce be-
| tween the S. atcs, al Mr.. Cleveland
three mouths TO fad five commits
| siOners to execute the law, and ia,
| commisslOa ers only required three
days 20 suspend the law. Amy In
dustriouS energetic, pushing mau
can IN, Ike a fortune here III le.s thsn
half that time. We can't begin To-
specify the inducements to come TO
this point to find a happy home for
life. Come and see. Come and
if you are not satisfied We will pay
ysu for your trouble and SEMI you
away rejoicin. on the long aud short
haul clause
Churches of all denominations and
schools of all grades dot every hi
and 6ll every valley.
If you cant live without Mug
wumps or Civil Service reformer
don't come. or bring one along with
YOU, for We have lore here.
If you think white man or wo
man IS no better than a negro, 60 t.
, Washington City, don't come here
you VIII have no associates.
If You mean business, this is thu
place to ceme and write to w. ii
kitchin for any information desired
and it will be PROMPTLY and cheer
fully given.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
FARMERS.

We have urged our farmers to use
less guano, manure highly, tend less
land, tend it better and make more
on less land and above all spend less
money than heretofore. But there
is one thing we have NEGLECTED. that
we ought to have done. Thorough
preparation before planting crop
is over halt the battle. This we have
not Specially alluded to. ItmAv not
he too | tie now t. 10 some good in
that lane, We saw Friday several
feel Is of oats. We are glad our pc. .
pie have planted oats, hut We are
sorry they ui,t not take more p ns
in the preparation of the soil h. tore
saving the oats. Not to exceed tnC>
thirds OF crop can possibly ue
made OH the fields We saw, Eeranse
the land was not put in order. The
oats were simply sOwn down on un>
faliGwei and aud then turned un Ter
with our old fashion turning plows.
This will not do, don't count on
getting full crop, for you can not
1t is Impossible. The land ought t,
have been broken and narrowed and
II not rlgh then it ought to have been
rebrOken an reharrowed before sow
ing the oats. Every clod ou4 bit "a
have been broken to pieces and tle
land narrowed and rolled until i
was thoroughly pulverized, leyeleI
and pressed to a sod. BY this meth
cd you can almost double your crop.
it may not be too late now to take
large roller oud roll the oat laid
and smash or crush the clods ana
pack the soil l. will not hurt the
oats to roll them before the,
begin to JOINT. But at all event.
you have not planted your cotton.
nor all your corn yet. Now don't
plant until you put the land in goou
condition to receive the seed. Break
and rebreak, harrow and reharrow
all cloddy, stiff, rough land, in low
rough places and at the ends OF rows.
Decidedly the best and most profit.
able working ever gwen d corn or
cotton crop, is that working you
1--WE it before the seed is planted,
provided you do it as you ought,
1t IS utterly impossible to get q
stand OF to make full crop OH any
land, we don't care how rich or how
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
FRAUD, EEGsEEsGG.

Why doesn't the President convene
Congress to repeal the Interstate
commerce bill, tie most dangerous
act ever passed by ary Legislative
body in this country?
1t would be the least expensive
Congress to the PEOPLE ever ~
sembIed In Washington if it cost
$500,00O,OQ0 provided it repealed the
law. The bill was passed in the
interest Ct the railroads. 1t is un-
constitutional. The freights TO re-
gulale, are the local frelghts. Over
them the Federal government has
no jurisdiction. If the railroads are
not allow ed to make long hauls at
reduced rates, then they can't make
long hauls at all and the local
freights will have to be greatly
raised to make up to the roads the
income lost by the law of long hauls
The law is fraud on the people, :;
swindle, an outrage, curse, q
crime black and Infamous, a de. tt
stroke to the liberties and indepen>
dence of the American people, and
solid shct aimed at the Leart ofthe
constitution.
Let the railroads alone. The
Federal government has no cuntro
nor Jurisdiction over them. They
ale creatures of the States, createG
by State law anu is SUBJECT to State
law only.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
THE GREAT MENICAN SEED
CORN

..Thc earliest heaviest. youndcst and
most prolific variety Of corn eve: grown
in America,
This IS the testimony of twelve papers
nubli,hed in different States to whom wc
have sent samnIe packages to ties, it:
uIt surpasscs all antIcipatious. aud Is
inst the thing needed. "-Iimes, Natch-
tocbcs Miss eft is SUPERIOR to any
other variety urnu, Corning, y. !.
~, ,,;,I ho valuable ocouu.itiou in the
a,,,ic,l,uro1 rroducts oC the country. ''--
Gazette SIpaur Springs. Texas. n his
1890. ., - ...,,.,, ,bo I,ttcr mart Of
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
OUR BUSINESS

We are out of politics AMI in the
.tgal ANA real estate huInes-. And
to off ct and overcome MIR. Cleve-
tand's negro superiority and 6nprem
rcv over white men, we shall bend
all orr efforts and energies t. build
mp the State of North Carollna
and filing up its vacant spaces with
good citizens. And especially shall
we labor TO advance the material
prosperity of Halifax county and
Scotland Neck. There is 30 spot on
Gods footstool that can offer greater
inducements to the honest, intelli>
gent white man Of pluck and enel,
", than this section. We care moth
ing about our politics or religion
prov .ded you ars an honest lntelli>
gent man, We extend q cordial in>
vl,ation ana will guarantee cor
Aial wei :Ome to all who come to
make this State their home. We
don't want, nor do We invite the
towards, bumme-a, skulkerS and de
serters from the Union Army, nor
civil service reformsrB, nor negroes
This is the healthIest State III the
CniOl and this is the healthIest
"unty in the State aid this is de-
citt dl. the healthlest section in the.
L ,unty. Men and wui.en hGts live
here until they die of old aga and
more cannot be said for any locality
IN United States. Our lands are
cheap, productive and will grow al
most a~y crop planted. They need
. ~ the magical touch Of the ener>
Tic enterprlslng man to max
them tlOom and blossom Ink. the
ross Ga the hills and the lilies in
the valleys, A better community
20 i've in,does not exist on the globe
We kn no North, no Sou,u. no
East, no West. Every man wor-
ships God according to his notion.
I'm itr his own bulls vine or Fl
Tree, with usne to molestor make
afraid. The climate is such here
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

mea never were Democrats and
never will ne. The feet TIT the
National hank, the railroad, the
bond-holders and the upper strata oil
what the world is pleased to call
business men are for Grocer Cleve.
land is the strongest a" very best
reason to our mind that lie is rot o.
kind of Democrat. ! he moneye ed
1uenCe OF the country Las COntrO e
very administration siI c. the w.
This has been the power we have
had to contend with all the whllt
This has ever be. II cur charge
against the Repr li|an parry. 1m>
mas been ou~ battle cry In every
campaign since the war from the
Pacific to the A Ia, tic. This arc
corruption drove out the Repub'ica
party from bower, and no sOo1rr
than we are installed in power, We
are told that these same influences
IRE with Cleveland and therefore be
must be remominqted. 1t is no
| torious and historical fact that Thu
influence is and has always been Up
| posed to the Democratic party and
it's principles, an has always fay :
ored a strong centralized COVER
melt and a liberal construction OF
the institution. Mr.. Cleveland
may be the man TO nominate In 1888
Bat We can'L see it in that light. II
he or any other al should be
nominated on platform declaring
that ne changes will be made in the
civil service nor in any branch of TIE
public service except the heads o
departments, foreign missions anc
the il ternal revenue service, ne vii
he defeated by five hundred thOus
and majority. We are not weddet
to any man but we are wed']ei Il
the party and its principles ard VI
want some man nominated who car
AMI will make that party and it.
principles a success. We think MI
Cleveland has made it next to i'm
pOsSit IL for any other State thar
New York to run the next Demo
cratic president; and we think akov
all men in New York David b. Hi
is tn man. five can see at an
time that be Is not the most avail
able man then We shall take Ii.
hame down from oar mast heed an
hoist that man who We think i
the most avail, bic and can b
elected. Alien @. Thurman is tn
first Democrat in the land, but Ca
he get the nomination., and would Ii
have it, aud could lie carry Ne'
York? If he can then we should b
for Thurman. But win the presen
lights lefore Us we telleve Hill tn
: most available and the stronges
man in the par,y, and as sound
Democrat as 1t is lawful and con
stitutional to be in these moder
l times. The.verY argument used i
I behalf of Cleveland's renominatio
will defeat hlm before the people.
| the moneyed Combine is for him til
people will be against him. Tue fac
l is Cleveland can't carry tie Iris
Il Ote in the State Of New York Ii
can he carry the labor vote, aad "
are not without doubt as to whethe
II any man in the party can carry til
labor vote of the country as tn
party is now organized.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
GENERAL.

rhe Chicago Carpenters strike
has ended.
- Near Chattanooga, Tenn, Jim
Bates, noted desperate was killed
10y officers.
Two dc. OTIS were hurnec in New
York loss 100000.
The business portion Of Crescent
City. F.a., was burned last week.
Milwaukee has just had $4,000
fire.
blichael Keefe who was to be
hanged for numbering his wife, cut
his throat the night before his exc
cution was 10 occur in Susan, Cal,
At Amsterdam last Elk forty-fve
hundred stu lenta s2re naded King
William.
Roht. w. Gatewood Commute /
suicide on steamer between Balti-
more and Norfolk.
Tie Delaware Legislature has alb
solutely prohibited the manufactu.e
and sale of unauthorized butter.
The land in Tyrrell Co. has RISEN
few feet since the earthquake.
Clapp & Davis jewellers Of Chica-
go, failed for $4,000
The Courier says that the ca -
! paign has already begun in tn I
! (Nash} county.
Tie Texas dr"u2ht has broker.
! An all night rain made the Texan
happy last week.
A little son If Jno. Dixon, Of
| Rocky M, WAS se1n'usly injured 10y
tue explosion If ~ Mantle car
trId ge.
/ h. last trial trip Of The United
~tt,cs' boat Atlanta was sAtl fl tu-
r.
Near Parhersbure, v. Va. sever
| Al r~r-phs we're iii. q Ii It r. r. ac-
citeut.
Onan.ocE, Va had $4,000
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

Mrs.. Phoebe C.c-l,N r''er~. -,
Clay CO .. Iowa TOLLS the Following
remarkable storv the trrth OF
which IS youchcj for ~ the roN.~
dents of the town: Il .uu - years
old. have been uoaAIst witH kidney
complaint AMI 1amc"css TO- m"ny
years; could not dress myself wD'h~
ont help. Now / am free irsm oil
pain and soreness, AMI am nbIc to
90 all nv own homework. / e"n
m. thanks to Electric Bttei> for
having renewed my youtt and re-
moved completely all disease and
pain" Try bottle. only 30 - al
+. T. Whitehead & CO. DruS Sore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
GROVER S PETS

For twenty years the radicals
Oppressed us very sore;
We thought we'd bIIng change abou
BY yo,ug them from power.
SO at the last election,
We rose up IN our might,
And cast our votes so thick and fast
We buried them from sight.
From &C, an cen to ocean
Our banner foated high
Above the bloody shirt"
And waved tr!umphantly.
Then Grover proudly mounted
The Presidential chair
And took cam, serene survey
Of things about him there.
He saw the dear, sweet radicals
The people loved y so well,
Still gIoatIng at the public crib,
And cuttings big swell.
lie loved them, oh. so fondly!
He could not let them slide,
So "civIl service rules" he made
TO keep them by his side.
Still there they sit, his lovely pets,
And there will they abide
Until the next convention
And then dear Grove will slide.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
TARIFF.

The Supreme Court If the United
States, g Republican court at that
has decided that a Tariff for p:Otec-
ton is III just, unconstitutional aud
robbery. Yet in the face Of this de-
cisiou not only the Repu blican par
ty, IS party, bat many so-called
Democrats advocate Tariff for
protection. And Tariff Protects to
the amount Of the Tariff whatever
that amount may be. A Tariff of
a half cent per lou Id Gu sugar,
half 4 cent per pound on rice, half
cent per pouEd on flax protects
these articles to that amount. A
Tariff Of five dollars per ton on steel
rails, two dollars per ton On pie and
scrap IRON is protection to that
amount. A Tariff of twenty per
cent a vslurem on wool aud Woollen
hats is protection on these articles
of twenty per cent. But if these
Tariffs are not laid for the purpose
OF protection, it Is not unconstitu-
tlGnal. nor is 1t robbery if tie GOV.
ernment needs the money for neces-
sary expenses. A Thrift OF 100 Per
cent. on these articles Woult be OTO
hibiCed because it would be 50 hiy
that dealers In same goods could not
pay that per cent. for the privilege
Of selling in this country and com
pete with our home produc, re of the
same goods, The result under such
Tariff. would be no revenue, be
other counties and tie dealers in
this country wound dictate the prices
we would have to pay them for these
articles. The average Tariff now
upon all articles imported is aboui
46 ceuts on tbs dollars WO.th O
goods. Some is higher and amount.
to 8 prohikltory Tariff and brings il
40 revenue. But if tt = q If could
| be remOdelled reformed and modi
: fed So as TO make it strictly anC
: truly Tariff for revenue, it woulc
: bring in more revenue than now anC
: be in scCord9nee with the spirit ans
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

Jim Blaine of Name viii run again.
You may be sure Of that;
He Will defeat and take the seat
OF d Mugwump Democrat,-W. i.
No doubt bat jim viii run again,
The Presidents chair to fill;
But getting there is another thing,
AS the way will be Up Iiill.-Ex.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

The Scotland Neck DEMOCRAT
hoi>ts the name of David b Hill! o.
New York for President, and John
G. Carlisle, Of Kentucky. for Vice
President, in 1888 That's a good
ticket. Anything, ANYBODY is bet
ter than Grover Cleveland. = W ades-
boto Iteiiiye"cey.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
WA sNaNG.

Don't let the high prices Of cs-ton
now deceive any one. Keep COO.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22
General Merchandise,


At STAKTL!NG LVN TT'IVT7'
C T. LA w II r \ c + -
Who is located miles from Scotland
Neck and one mile of Spring I'LL, m Hal
flax county. is now more than ever, pre-
pared to offer extra INDUCEMENTS t" me
public in the mercantile line. Every thing
Sold guaranteed as represented and the
most liberal terms offered to the purch">-
ing public. Don't thmk Of g'inE else
where until You have called at ms store
and seen for yourself that he can beat
the world selling goods io' the least pos
Sible margin The people EcutiaIy are
invited to call and see l1in
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-22

Two women were burned to d.. h
in Smyth Go. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
The causes Of Cancer.

The predisposing causes of cancer
are in the habits of the patients them
selves. Just as civilization is the
cause of the strain that wrecks So
many intellects, so it is also the cause
of depressing the animal vitality of
the individual, and brings in ITS
train this dread disease. The Glain
cause of this disease is established
wealth and a state of luxury" The
appetite for ealing meat and highly
seasoned food is INDUCED. and can be
regulated and habiiually INDUCED.
only in state of established civiliza
ton, with communities engaged in
accumulating fortunes and yieing
with each other in suInptunus living.
These conditions, together with lsab-
its of Incidence and efficient exer
else, cause an accumulation of the
waste products in the system which
predisposes to cancer. Then, an az
cidental bruise. or reversal of fortune
with mental depression. or any other
exciting cause. may develop this ter
rible disease.
The lesson is obvious. People
should live more frugaIly and take
plenty of exercise in the open air.
and, in short, follow hygienic mo les
of living and the danger nf canrer iS
much more remote. The cure may
be difficult. but prevention seems to
be in the power of the Individual
Medical Summary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
The Great Pension Building.

The interior of the great hall of the
gension building will soon be finish.
ed. The immense stretch of wall has
nearly all been plastered, and some
idea can be formed of what the com
pleted half will look like. Whatever
difference of opinion there may be as
to the merits of the outside of the
building, it will no doubt he general.
~ admitted that this hall is a grand
room. In point of size it is larger.
with one exception, than any audi
ence room in this country, and in
point of capacity stands about fourth
in the list of the large interiors of the
world. The great Mormon taberna.
Gle in Salt Lake City is said to have
the largest capacity of any building
in this country. 1t will seat $4,000
people.
Gen. Meigs, the architect of the
pension building. says that the hall
in the pension building and the gal
leries surrounding it have a seating
capacity Of 1l,307 men. The hall
itself is 3l6 feet long and 1l6 feet wide,
while it has two tiers of galleries ex-
tending all around it which are 10
feet in width. A third gallery, which
enclrcles the hall. has a width of 5
feet. Gen. Meigs says he has esti.
mated that 10000 people can find
room in this great space.
st. Peters Church, Rome, which is
the largest structure in the world.
will, in the same way, hold "a 600
people. while the Milan Cathedral
will accommodate $4,000; st. Paul's
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
NOTICE.

All persons are warned against cutting
Town any oi The Tin btr on ny land un tie
ilooppnle Road ADJOINING the land 81 lie vie
j. hnSon. about three mics irOm IreI ! ak
aud six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber in Garrett county,
Md. without permission Of the HwntI Of tie
land. is the same. under the Act al 1870 ch.
nj. aS for feOniOuSIy Sf"niind goods OF Chat
tells 10 The value of The tree or trees" So cut
iOwn.
TIiEOS. r, HORWITZ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
Handy Things to Know.

Here are some figures and rules
very handy to know and have at
hand, in the mind or on paper:
A rod is l62 feet or 81 yards.
A mile is 800 rods.
A mile is 1.760 yards.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A square foot is IA square inches.
A square yard contains 8 square
feet.
A square rod is 272i square feet.
An acre contains 43 $50 square feet.
An acre contains 4 $40 square yards.
An acre contains 80 square rods.
A section, or square mile, contains
$40 acres.
A quarter section contains 160 acres.
An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods
long.
An acre is about 20Sa feet square.
A solid foot contains 1,723 solid
inches.
A pint (of water) weighs one
pound. ~
A solid foot of water weighs e21
pounds.
A gallon of water holds 81 solid
inches.
A gallon of milk weighs pounds
and 10 ounces.
A pint (of water) holds 2S5 solid
inches (2S.S75).
A barrel (3l4 gallons) hdds AZ solid
feet (4.2lD.
A solid foot contains narly u solid
pints (7.4S).
A busNel, struck, ontains 2.150
solid inches.
A buShel. heaping, contains 1t
struck bushels.
A struck bushel contains about /
solid feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, Ill.,, says
Having received so much benefit from Elec-
trio Bitters, feel 1t my duty to let suffering
humanity know it. Have had u running sore
on my leg for eight years; my doctors told
leg mputated. used, instead, three botttes
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Buckien,s
Arnica Salve, and my leg is now pund and
we'll" Electric Btters are sold at Il ~ cents
a bottle, aud Buvklen's Arnica Salve at SIC.
per box by d. L. +. Casteel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

1t is the glorious prerogative of the
empire of knowledge that what il
gains it never loses. On the contrary
it increases by the multiple of its
own power; all its ends become
means; all its attachments help to
new cOnquests.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02

Rome, % 900, and st. Paul's London.
$1,000. Gen. Meigs says he has no
doubt that the principal portion OF
the inauguration exercises will be held
in this hall. as we'll as public funerals
and other exercises which attract large
gatherings of the people, Washing
ton Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
Good Results in Every Case.

d. A. Bradford. wholesale paper dealer of
Chattanooga, Tenn, writes that he was serI-
ously afflicted with u severe cold that settled
out benefit Being induced to try Dr. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, did So and
was entirely cured by use of IA few bottles
Since which time he has used 10 In his family
for all Coughs and Colds with best results.
This Is the experience of thousands whose
lives have been saved by this Wonderful Dis
covery. Trial Bottles free ut d. L. K. Casteel's
Drug Store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-02
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilbains.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures Piles, or no pay required, tits
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. or
money refunded Price % cents per boy.
For sale by ID. 7. E. CAsTEEL.